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El_Johns

(1,805 posts) Sat Feb 22, 2014, 06:22 PM Feb 2014

Since 1988, every US president has been a Harvard or Yale grad. [View all]

[4] Beginning in 1988, every US president has been a graduate of Harvard or Yale. Beginning in 2000, every losing presidential candidate has been a Harvard or Yale graduate, with the exception of John McCain in 2008.

http://billmoyers.com/2014/02/21/anatomy-of-the-deep-state/

Just thought it was an interesting data point.

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Since 1988, every US president has been a Harvard or Yale grad. [View all] El_Johns Feb 2014 OP

And some people here say white privilege doesn't exist seattledo Feb 2014 #1

? "Every President" includes Barack Obama, Harvard Law. El_Johns Feb 2014 #3

Maybe therein lies the problem. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #2

All Skull & Bones members, too, I bet! blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #4

Esp. the Harvard grads. Igel Feb 2014 #12

Down. MannyGoldstein Feb 2014 #29

And half of all presidents since 1900 have been Ivy League graduates. Spider Jerusalem Feb 2014 #5

and Columbia... XRubicon Feb 2014 #6

Barack Obama, Harvard Law. Just sayin'. El_Johns Feb 2014 #7

Barack Obama Columbia undergraduate XRubicon Feb 2014 #8

Stand Columbia. El_Johns Feb 2014 #9

I did not know that Reagan went to either Harvard or Yale Jenoch Feb 2014 #10

That's why it says "since 1988". El_Johns Feb 2014 #11

I suppose the OP meant 'after' 1988 because Reagan was president for all of 1988. Jenoch Feb 2014 #13

'since' includes the meaning 'after,' so pointless comment. El_Johns Feb 2014 #14

When read since such and such date, Jenoch Feb 2014 #15

I think it has more to do with you conceiving of the year 1988 as a period beginning at the start of El_Johns Feb 2014 #16

If you tell someone you have worked for a particular business Jenoch Feb 2014 #17

Pointless argument. If I say "Blacks have been free since the Civil War" does that mean they were El_Johns Feb 2014 #19

Ok Forrest Jenoch Feb 2014 #20

This is an interesting fact fujiyama Feb 2014 #18

Exclusion is how our ruling class perpetuates itself. jsr Feb 2014 #23

Doesn't seem that interesting when you realize you're talking about three people onenote Feb 2014 #21

Yes, I noticed that too. And also their opponents, save McCain. The next election should be El_Johns Feb 2014 #22

It probably won't end until I become President. Throd Feb 2014 #24

lol El_Johns Feb 2014 #25

I can't wait! Iris Feb 2014 #35

Hillary can continue the streak madville Feb 2014 #26

Maybe voters see that as being "qualified" Malone Feb 2014 #27

As were Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, JFK, probably some others... MannyGoldstein Feb 2014 #28

Before JFK = DDE, West Point. After JFK = Johnson, Texas State Teachers College. El_Johns Feb 2014 #30

True... but still a huge percentage, if not 100% nt MannyGoldstein Feb 2014 #31

Yes, a large proportion of Presidents have come from Harvard & Yale. But I think it would be El_Johns Feb 2014 #32

John Adams and John Quincy Adams, for two Retrograde Feb 2014 #33

BO is the 44th president. 8/44 went to Harvard, 5/44 went to Yale. GW Bush is on both lists. El_Johns Feb 2014 #34